Legislative Report
To the people of Watauga
County:
| The "Absentee Ballot" MM
ha* now passed both houses of
the legislature and has become
law. Under the new law, only
Hie voter will be allowed to ap
ply for an absentee ballot, and
all applications will be passed
?on by the entire Board of Elec
tions at a public hearing.
Senatorial Redistr ting re
mains on the House calendar
The "Currie Bill" will be pre
sented on Wednesday of this
week for its third and last read
ing. As amended, Watauga will
be in a new district with Cald
well and Burke count!**. Sen
ate action on this bill remains
in committee, where a bitter
battle is being waged to get
' the bill out of committee to the
i Senate floor.
Highway safety legislation
continues to meet opposition
in the House committee. The
"Breathalizer" test for drunk
drivers and the mechanical in
spection measure have both
been sent to subcommittee far
more study". The bill calling for
special restrictions for teen
age drivers under IS years of
age is moving ahead, however,
and may become law this week.
This bill would require these
-young people to pass a driver's
training course before they
would he allowed to apply for a
?driver's license. It ahw pro
vides for early suspensions of
licenses for those teenagers who
are convicted of two or more
motor vehicle violations.
The House subcommittee on
court reform is espectad to
make its recommendations to
the full committee within the
next ten d^s, and it now seems
likely that the subcommittee
will recommend that a drafting
commission be selected to pre
pare legislation which would be
introduced in the 1965 General
Assembly.
The Joint Subcommittee for
Appropriations has bow com
pleted its report, and full MSh
mittee meetings were sot to
start again Tuesday. The com
plete Appropriations BUI may
paas the Legislature Oris week.
"Horn In the West" is dated
(or State funds, and It an ap
pears that ASTC will receive
the largest state appropriation
in the history of the college.
While state-wide legislation
continues to be of coofMjgttfe
all of us, 1 am sure that Seal
legislation is of particular in
terest to the people of Watauga
County.
As I am sure many of you
already know, Mr. Clyde Harris
of Rowan County introduced a
bill last week which would
change the method of selection
of nominees of the Watauga
County Democrat Party. The
bill provides for nomination in
a convention, rather than the
present system of a primary
election. White I was nut asked
to Introduce this bill, I have
been contacted by a great
many Bemnemia since the Mil
was introduced by Mr. Karris.
At their request, I arranged for
a public bearing in the Heuae
Elections and Election Laws
Committee, in order that this
(roup might be heard m opposi
tion to the bill. While I have
a vary definite opinion as to
the advisability of returning to
the convention system, I feel it
is ay duty, as the Watauga
County Representative, to allow
the Democrats of Watauga
County to select their nominees
as they think best. I urge those
of you who are interested in
this matter to contact your re
presentative and your senator,
ao that see may know your wish
es.
Sincerely,
Jim Holshouser
Senior Citizen
Meeting Friday
The Boone Senior Citiwns'
Club will meet Friday at S p. m.
at the home at Or. and Mrs. J.
D. Rankin, M6 Hardin Street.
There will be an unusual pro
gram pointing to a feature of
the June meeting which will
consist of an interesting tour,
to be followed by a series of
such tours in later months.
Those who are responsible
wish to emphasize again that
this is a state- wtde organization
for older people of all faiths
or no faiths at all.
The organization and the
meetings are for social oppor
tunities of various kinds and
the programs are varied. The
monthly meetings may be held
in different places each time
and notice of that will always
be given either directly to mem
bers and through this newspa
per.
Dr. A. P. Kephart said, "We
are not struggling for numbers,
for membership involves no
dues or costs of any kind but
only interest, attendance, and
cooperation when opportunity
preaents itself. This provides a
dreds in this county should
of the oppor
If transportation is needed to
attend the meetings, call or
write Mrs. Pearl Bingham at the
Daniel Boone Hotel.
More than 7,000 medical re
search projects in all Held* of
medicine ape being conducted
by the Veterans Administration.
S^aiT. themselves
Test Program
Aids Students
M R
Watauga County high achools
participated this year in the Na
tional Outdance Testing Pro
gram. "NGTP," aa the program
it popularly known, is designed
to enhance (he uMftilnwa df
test results to individual stu
dents, and to reduoe the costs
of school testing through pro
vision of low cost scoring ser
vice.
Students in trades 10 and 12
took SCAT? short for School
and College Aibility Tests ? and
a seiies of achievement tests ?
the Sequential Tests of Educa
tional Progress (STEP).
"SCAT helps us to estimate
a student's capacity to do aca
demic work," John Gibson, di
rector of guidance, explained,
"while STEP tests evaluate the
stndent's skills in reading, writ
ing and lirfteittng and his ability
to apply what he has learned
to the solution of new problems
in mathematics, science, and so
cial Studies."
INDONESIA CWMMB8
High American officials are
aow counting Indonesia's Com
munist party the largest oat
aide of the iron Curtain coun
tries ? in Peking's camp Ja the
leadership dispute between the
Soviet Union and Communist
rhin^
Sources said that the switch
ot Indonesian Reds to the Chi
aeae side must be considered a
major So via* disappointment of
the past
EDWARD J. HAYES
Edward J. Hayes
Receives Award
A Univenity of Detroit ROTC
student, Edward J. Hayes, fias
been named the "Distinguish
ed Military Student" there.
Baaed on leadership, charac
ter and academic eBcellenoe,
the honor was presented by Lt.
Col. Granville W. Bussey, U. of
Detroit professor of military
science.
Hayes, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James F. Hayes, 2296 Les
lie, Detroit, is en English ma
jor and a senior in the CoHege
of Arts and Sciences. He 4s a
I960 graduate of Central High
School.
James is a native of Boone,
having lived here with relative*
until he had finished elemen
Raleigh, Hay IS? The atate
??i asked yesterday to appro
priate $19,000 to restore and
maintain the Daniel
Hone place in DavMmi County.
Rep. Eugene Snyder of David
son put in a bill aekiac the
fuada for Inprawneot of fad
tary ?hoo4.
He has accepted ? teaching
position in the Detroit city
schools.
lities at the Boone'i Care Park
on the Yadkin River ifc Boone |
Townrtilp
Boone's family lived in fl
?m when the famed frontiers
man was a young man.
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?ore than ifac nflMon 61
lams have keen made in the
AdmJniatitUess <H
HMHon.
? 525 Acres lud with 44,t>00 white pine*
? 8 modern houses with heal.
? Swimming Pool
? Large recreation halL
? 3 hole golf course and ball diamond.
? Hard surface road.
9 Ideal for youth camp or church camp.
?
9 Shown by appointment only.
SEX Oft CALL
Hon than tw?- fifth* of Um
nation') population are intereat
m 41m Mmm ,l?ilniitn
tion became of thair direct re
Dm Veterans Administration
is the third largest employer
with mm tfaaa 170,000 ?n
Enjoy your mare toy saviag reg
it tu-ly the Northwestern way. De
posit ? definite amount each payday
la your gootngs Account. Open or add
to your Northwestern Savings Account
today.
With so little difference in cost of aH major appliances, why should I
be satisfied with lesa than the beat?
I want -ctean, uncluttered design ? goad laaks that
Mead tastefully with my kitchen . . . A Refrigerator
that not only keeps food cold ... but keeps it
FRESH!
Beat Looking ? Best Perln ?tog . , , M Buyi
Secure In the knowledge flut "You can Be SURE . .
if It's Westinghouse"!